Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee E. Goodman issued a warning that the federal government will soon impose regulations on conservative Internet sites, like Truth And Action and Drudge Report
“The right has begun to break the left’s media monopoly, particularly through new media outlets like the internet, and I sense that some on the left are starting to rethink the breadth of the media exemption and internet communications,” Goodman stated.
Goodman also states that he will fight this coming regulation.
In the 90’s Bill Clinton actually warned how conservatives could use the Internet to bypass left-media biased TV. Well, the man was right about one thing at least.
This is good news, actually. It means that we are really impinging on the corporate controlled media. Sure, we will have a fight on our hands, probably soon. But fight we will.
Government officials, reacting to the growing voice of conservative news outlets, especially on the internet, are angling to curtail the media’s exemption from federal election laws governing political organizations, a potentially chilling intervention that the chairman of the Federal Election Commission is vowing to fight.
“I think that there are impulses in the government every day to second guess and look into the editorial decisions of conservative publishers,” warned Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee E. Goodman in an interview.
“The right has begun to break the left’s media monopoly, particularly through new media outlets like the internet, and I sense that some on the left are starting to rethink the breadth of the media exemption and internet communications,” he added.
Noting the success of sites like the Drudge Report, Goodman said that protecting conservative media, especially those on the internet, “matters to me because I see the future going to the democratization of media largely through the internet. They can compete with the big boys now, and I have seen storm clouds that the second you start to regulate them, there is at least the possibility or indeed proclivity for selective enforcement, so we need to keep the media free and the internet free.”
All media has long benefited from an exemption from FEC rules, thereby allowing outlets to pick favorites in elections and promote them without any limits or disclosure requirements like political action committees.
But Goodman cited several examples where the FEC has considered regulating conservative media, including Sean Hannity‘s radio show and Citizens United’s movie division. Those efforts to lift the media exemption died in split votes at the politically evenly divided board, often with Democrats seeking regulation.
Liberals over the years have also pushed for a change in the Federal Communications Commission‘s “fairness doctrine” to cut of conservative voices, and retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has delighted Democrats recently with a proposed Constitutional amendment that some say could force the media to stop endorsing candidates or promoting issues.
“The picking and choosing has started to occur,” said Goodman. “There are some in this building that think we can actually regulate” media, added Goodman, a Republican whose chairmanship lasts through December. And if that occurs, he said, “then I am concerned about disparate treatment of conservative media.”
He added, “Truth be told, I want conservative media to have the same exemption as all other media.”
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Damn this raghead. I wish he would disappear forever.
The paper tiger is trying to out law the Constitution. Enough. He has no right!
why don’t you dam feds mind your own dam business !! we have the right to know the truth !!!!!
Another overreaching Federal agency, infiltrated by liberals and bureaucrats. The bureaucrats will sell America out just for a paycheck.
Since the federal gov cant wipe its own ass correctly why would they think they would be qualified enough to know whats true or not….they themselves havent told a truth in the last 6 years alone what makes them experts…..oh wait its brainwashing right I get it now…..ps GFY……they hate it when the truth comes out so lets just squash it before it gets started…..thats criminal guys
Perhaps it is time for us to Limit the FEC!! You don’t own the media in this country. The Federal Government(fraud that it is) actually does not either! Perhaps We the People have no need of the fec, no Caps, you don’t deserve those.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH is number 1 and it will be enforced with the rest of rights.
of course they want to silence anyone who tells the truth
Everyone here can say bad things. But saying them here isnt going to do anything. Its saying them to the representatives and legislators that’ll do something about it. But better yet why say something about it when the entire nation knows what us happening but are either to scared to do anything or just to blind to the truth. So why dont we stand up, and revolt against this oppressive government this dictatorship this COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT!! Because whose to say tomorrow the police or fbi wont come to your door and say “we need to take your property for fed reasons” what are you gonna do then. Fight them, set there and talk it out, or fight and stand up for your rights for your property and what you own. The government shouldn’t be allowed to take your property you pay taxes on it its yours not there’s. They shouldn’t be allowed to spy on you, hover drones, or use phone to track “terrorist” but talking it out surely hasn’t done anything for the past 6 years. So our last resort is the to take action into our own hands and start a revolution. Because if you don’t do it now! Then my generation will have to suffer the consequences for not standing up!! I know violence isn’t always the answer but this time it is the answer! Stand up and take action against this government!!